“Zay Today” 60 years ago, the Soviet Union launched the first spacecraft to Mars on November 1, 1962, and the first of those flights was “Mars 1M”, during which the spacecraft “Marsnik” failed to enter the orbit of Mars.
“Mars 2MV”, “Mars 2MV4” and “Mars 2MV3” were launched, after 10 failed attempts, as the Soviet Union continued its attempts, but all of them failed to leave the globe, until 1971 when Mars 3 has reached its destination and studied the Red Planet for 8 months by orbiting Mars.
After those eight months, it fell to the surface of the planet, where it was then able to gather information for only 20 seconds before shutting it down completely, according to the website. space.
Several Soviet and American Viking spacecraft successfully landed on Mars during the 1970s, and these vehicles have provided images and information about the Martian surface for many years.